ALL meanings of holdup
hold·up
H h - noun holdup A situation that causes delay, especially to a journey. 1
- noun holdup a forcible stopping and robbing of a person. 1
- noun holdup a stop or delay in the progress of something: There was a holdup in the construction of the bridge. 1
- noun holdup an instance of being charged excessively. 1
- noun holdup robbery at gunpoint 1
- noun holdup cause of a delay 1
- countable noun holdup A holdup is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables. 0
- countable noun holdup A holdup is a delay. 0
- countable noun holdup A holdup is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier. 0
- noun holdup a stoppage; delay or hindrance 0
- noun holdup the act of stopping forcibly and robbing 0
- noun holdup the act of overcharging 0
- noun holdup the amount of liquid retained or delayed during fractional distillation and certain types of solvent extractions 0
- noun holdup the free volume between the resin particles in an ion exchange column 0
- noun holdup the amount of fissionable material being processed or in storage for irradiation in a reactor cycle 0
- noun holdup Holdup is a type of measurement which shows the amount of a dispersed liquid per unit volume of a liquid-liquid contactor (= something which brings two liquids together). 0
- noun holdup Alternative spelling of hold-up. 0